Images: Making interlocking blocks from plastic waste

January 6, 2019Comments Off on Images: Making interlocking blocks from plastic waste1,280 Views

The Developmental Association for Renewable Energy (DARE) has began training youths on how to recycle plastic waste, albeit to make interlocking tiles, blocks, roofing tiles, and to decorate homes.

The Kaduna-based not-for-profit group takes EnviroNews through the process on Sunday, January 6, 2019.

Sorting out the plastic wastes gathered from the communal waste dumpSieving fine sand off larger particles Mixing the sorted plastic waste with fine sharp sand under a temperature of about 500 degree CForming different geometric forms of interlocks and in various coloursBrown interlocksGreen interlocksOne of the trainers seems excited with the practical laying of the first tranche of the interlocks